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2010-12-01ZeitschriftenartikelAssessment of varicella vaccine effectiveness in Germany: a time-series approach A multivariate time-series regression model was developed in order to describe the 2005-2008 age-specific time-course of varicella sentinel surveillance data following the introduction of a varicella childhood vaccination ...
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2011-11-22ZeitschriftenartikelFicolin-2 Levels and FCN2 Haplotypes Influence Hepatitis B Infection Outcome in Vietnamese Patients. Human Ficolin-2 (L-ficolins) encoded by FCN2 gene is a soluble serum protein that plays an important role in innate immunity and is mainly expressed in the liver. Ficolin-2 serum levels and FCN2 single nucleotide polymorphisms ...
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2011-11-11ZeitschriftenartikelImpfempfehlungen für Deutschland Vaccination Recommendations for GermanyHintergrund: Impfungen stellen eine effektive Maßnahme zum Schutz vor Infektionskrankheiten dar. In Deutschland werden Empfehlungen für Impfungen, die populationsbezogen das Auftreten und die Ausbreitung von Infektionen ...
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2010-06-21ZeitschriftenartikelMicrotubes self-assembled from a cholesterol-modified nucleoside We describe the formation of lipid microtubes from a novel cholesterol-modified nucleoside in binary mixture with phospholipids. Stable cylindrical structures with an outer diameter of 2–3 μm and a length of 20–40 μm were ...
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2010-11-29ZeitschriftenartikelMinor drug-resistant HIV type-1 variants in breast milk and plasma of HIV type-1-infected Ugandan women after nevirapine single-dose prophylaxis Background: Nevirapine single-dose (NVP-SD) reduces mother-to-child transmission of HIV type-1 (HIV-1), but frequently induces resistance mutations in the HIV-1 genome. Little is known about drug-resistant HIV-1 variants ...
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2010-12-01ZeitschriftenartikelPandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Outbreak among 15 School-Aged HIV-1-Infected Children Patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) are considered to be at increased risk for 2009 H1N1 influenza-related complications. We performed an observational study after an outbreak of 2009 H1N1 ...
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2010-11-30ZeitschriftenartikelNiedrige Influenzaimpfquoten bei Mitarbeitern im Gesundheitswesen Zeit für einen neuen Ansatz Low influenza vaccination rates among healthcare workers Time to take a different approachTrotz jahrzehntelanger Bemühungen, die Influenzaimpfquoten des medizinischen Personals zu verbessern, verbleiben diese auf einem unzureichenden Niveau. Lediglich jeder fünfte medizinisch Beschäftigte lässt sich in Deutschland ...
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2010-11-30ZeitschriftenartikelEpidemiologischer Steckbrief der pandemischen Influenza (H1N1) 2009 basierend auf Einzelfallmeldungen nach Infektionsschutzgesetz Epidemiological characteristics of the influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Germany based on the mandatory notification of casesZiel der Untersuchung ist die Beschreibung und Analyse gemäß Infektionsschutzgesetz (IfSG) übermittelter Daten zu Einzelfällen von pandemischer Influenza (H1N1) 2009 im ersten Jahr ihres Auftretens in Deutschland. Neben ...
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2010-11-30ZeitschriftenartikelPandemieplanung Was haben wir aus der Pandemie (H1N1) 2009 gelernt?Seit 2001 wurde in Deutschland systematisch Pandemieplanung von Bund und Ländern betrieben. Die Umsetzung der Planungen war fortgeschritten und hat in ihrer Gesamtheit mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit dazu beigetragen, dass ...
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2010-11-13ZeitschriftenartikelEpidemiologie der Tuberkulose Aktuelle Situation in Deutschland und weltweitAuch im 21. Jahrhundert gehört die Tuberkulose (TB) noch zu den weltweit häufigsten Infektionskrankheiten. Nach den Schätzungen der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) erkrankten im Jahr 2008 mehr als 9 Mio. Menschen neu an ...
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2010-12-03ZeitschriftenartikelThe MRSA-import in ICUs is an important predictor for the occurrence of nosocomial MRSA cases Nosocomial infections with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) account for increased morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs in critically ill patients worldwide. The intensive care unit (ICU) component ...
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2011-11-23ZeitschriftenartikelDeterminants of agreement between self-reported and parent-assessed quality of life for children in Germany - Results of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS) Background: The aim of this study is to quantify the level of agreement between self-reporting and proxy-assessment of children's health-related quality of life using KINDL-R in a large population based study in Germany ...
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2010-10-01ZeitschriftenartikelTime trends of syphilis and HSV-2 co-infection among men who have sex with men in the German HIV-1 seroconverter cohort from 1996–2007 Objectives: Numbers of newly diagnosed HIV infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Germany increased after the year 2000. We sought to explore trends in STI co-infections around the time of HIV seroconversion ...
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2011-05-01ZeitschriftenartikelIgY Technology: Extraction of Chicken Antibodies from Egg Yolk by Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Precipitation Hens can be immunized by means of i.m. vaccination (Musculus pectoralis, left and right, injection volume 0.5-1.0 ml) or by means of Gene-Gun plasmid-immunization. Dependent on the immunogenicity of the antigen, high ...
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2011-05-11ZeitschriftenartikelMolecular analysis of varicella vaccines and varicella-zoster virus from vaccine-related skin lesions. To prevent complications that might follow an infection with varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the live attenuated Oka strain (V-Oka) is administered to children in many developed countries. Three vaccine brands (Varivax from ...
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2011-10-31ZeitschriftenartikelThermal stability of hepatitis E virus assessed by a molecular biological approach Background: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a pathogen of emerging concern in industrialized countries. The consumption of wild boar meat has been identified as one risk factor for autochthonous HEV infections. Only limited ...
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2011-10-17ZeitschriftenartikelValidity and predictors of BMI derived from self-reported height and weight among 11- to 17-year-old German adolescents from the KiGGS study Background: For practical and financial reasons, self-reported instead of measured height and weight are often used. The aim of this study is to evaluate the validity of self-reports and to identify potential predictors ...
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2010-11-05ZeitschriftenartikelInflammation, Immunity, and Vaccines for Helicobacter Helicobacter pylori represents the major etiologic agent of gastritis, gastric, and duodenal ulcer disease and can cause gastric cancer and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue B-cell lymphoma. It is clear that the consequences ...
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2009-04-01ZeitschriftenartikelNon-invasive body temperature measurement of wild chimpanzees using fecal temperature decline. New methods are required to increase our understanding of pathologic processes in wild mammals. We developed a noninvasive field method to estimate the body temperature of wild living chimpanzees habituated to humans, based ...
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2010-08-11ZeitschriftenartikelMumps virus small hydrophobic protein targets ataxin-1 ubiquitin-like interacting protein (ubiquilin 4) The small hydrophobic (SH) protein of mumps virus has been reported to interfere with innate immunity by inhibiting tumour necrosis factor alpha-mediated apoptosis. In a yeast two-hybrid screen we have identified the ...